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Datousaurus
Taxonomy
Datousaurus was named by Dong and Tang (1984). Its type is Datousaurus bashanensis.
It was assigned to Euhelopodidae by Upchurch (1995); to Cetiosaurinae by Dong and Tang (1984), Dong (1992) and Dong (1997); to Cetiosauridae by McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1997) and Dong (1998); to Shunosaurinae by McIntosh (1990) and Martin-Rolland (1999); to Sauropoda by Upchurch et al. (2004); to Camarasauromorpha by Moser et al. (2006); to Camarasauridae by Zhang and Chen (1996), Peng et al. (2005) and Li et al. (2010); to Mamenchisauridae by Li et al. (2011); and to Eusauropoda by Wilson (2002) and Sekiya (2011).
It was assigned to Euhelopodidae by Upchurch (1995); to Cetiosaurinae by Dong and Tang (1984), Dong (1992) and Dong (1997); to Cetiosauridae by McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1997) and Dong (1998); to Shunosaurinae by McIntosh (1990) and Martin-Rolland (1999); to Sauropoda by Upchurch et al. (2004); to Camarasauromorpha by Moser et al. (2006); to Camarasauridae by Zhang and Chen (1996), Peng et al. (2005) and Li et al. (2010); to Mamenchisauridae by Li et al. (2011); and to Eusauropoda by Wilson (2002) and Sekiya (2011).
Species
D. bashanensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Datousaurus Dong and Tang |
| 1990 | Datousaurus McIntosh p. 54 |
| 1992 | Datousaurus Dong p. 69 |
| 1995 | Datousaurus Upchurch p. 253 |
| 1996 | Datousaurus Zhang and Chen |
| 1997 | Datousaurus Dong p. 793 |
| 1997 | Datousaurus McIntosh p. 656 |
| 1998 | Datousaurus Dong p. 84 |
| 1999 | Datousaurus Martin-Rolland p. 310 |
| 2002 | Datousaurus Wilson p. 248 |
| 2004 | Datousaurus Upchurch et al. p. 261 |
| 2005 | Datousaurus Peng et al. |
| 2006 | Datousaurus Moser et al. p. 48 |
| 2010 | Datousaurus Li et al. p. 199 |
| 2011 | Datousaurus Li et al. p. 23 |
| 2011 | Datousaurus Sekiya |
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Diagnosis
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| G. Peng et al. 2005 | As for type species Datousaurus bashanensis Dong et Tang, 1984. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Middle Jurassic or 170.30000 to 161.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Jurassic | China (Sichuan) | D. sp. (232460) | |
| Bajocian - Oxfordian | China (Sichuan) | D. bashanensis (24883) |